Giggles from the baby

To make amends for our lack of posting this month – laughs from the baby.
Hope you enjoy it as much as we do.

Happy Holidays! [Websites that amuse me...Xmas edition]

As we approach the end of the year, everyone starts to do their ‘best of’ and ‘top 10’ lists for the year. I've compiled a couple of them plus some other holiday-related items.
So grab some eggnog, a cozy fire, and enjoy this assortment of articles to while away the relaxing hours of your life.
Merry Christmas!

• Goodnight iPad - a sarcastic retelling of the classic bedtime book
• Related article - kids obsessed by iPads
• Some bad performances of the Hallelujah Chorus
• 6 to 8 Black Men - funny story from David Sedaris, may not be kid-appropriate
• How much does downloading a book increase the weight of a Kindle?
• Google’s Zeitgeist 2011 - the most popular searches of the year
• I think I've changed my mind - this is what I want for Christmas - nerf.
• How marketing brought about the Christmas holiday as we now know it.

Photos:

• Word War II in photos - by the Atlantic, a fascinating 20 part retrospective
• Faces of fear - a belated Halloween related article
• Photos from cherynobyl
• No limits - some gorgeous scenery
• Reuters best photos of the year
• 45 most powerful images of the year - buzzfeed
• 50 best nature photos from the Boston Globe’s The Big Picture - the kids will like #25
• The Year in Pictures: Part I - also from The Big Picture

Video:

• A 1930s tour of Chicago
• Tim Hawkins talks Worship Styles & Family sundays
• Mahna-mahnam - gloriously Muppets
• B&B Official Holiday song - definitely worth at least a short listen

One year ago...Dec 10

So what did we do last December?

The baby cackled, began to crawl, and practiced some belly-drumming.

Ann got engaged!

We wrote a Christmas letter, blog-style.

We learned about the Elf on the Shelf, Twizz is his name.

We remembered the boys' first trip to Disney.

And the men watched some Cardinal basketball

Two years ago...Dec 09

Three years ago…Dec 08

Four years ago…Dec 07

Five years ago…Dec 06

Christmas Letter 2011

Welcome to the 2011 Team Lewis Christmas letter!

A more detailed post is in progress. Check back soon!

Love,
Team Lewis

Ending radio silence–a streetcar named Lightning

It’s been awhile, my apologies. Life is very busy and trips to Virginia, Indiana, and LA haven’t helped things.

Here’s a couple of videos to appease the masses (aka the moms). If I had more time I’d splice these into one video but for ease and quickness here are two short videos.

The setting is that Lita bought the boys some Xmas toys and KK was her helper elf. Little man is big into pushing things around and so he now has a Cars push toy. Both boys are really enjoying it and here are some moments of childish delight.

Enjoy.

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